Intel's Xeon E3-1230Lv3
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Â CPU has been a hotly anticipated processor for a wide variety of
target audiences â home users, office users, small business users
and enterprise users. Today we've got an opportunity to put Intel's
enterprise Xeon E3-1230Lv3 CPU to the test in a professional home user
or âprosumerâ type of environment, by pairing it up with
SuperMicro's server-gradeÂ C7Z87-OCE motherboard
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. The Intel Xeon E3-1230Lv3 is an important CPU because it offers four
cores, eight threads, a 1.8GHz base frequency, a 2.8GHz Turbo
frequency and 8MB of cache all for a tiny TDP of just 25W. Below you
can see some of those key specifications in more detail: